Vulcano Levante beach (Sicilia, Italy)
Mud pool in Levante beach, Vulcano island (Image credits: Paolo Madonia).
| Volcano: | Vulcano Island (see Vulcano Island at the Smithsonian Institution website in a new tab) |
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| Type: | Soil Diffuse Emission |
| Description: | Many small fumarolic emissions and a mud pool are present in the Levante Beach area, with gases reaching a maximum T of 100 °C, located either offshore and in land. |
Point of contact for this site:
Maria Luisa Carapezza, marialuisa.carapezza@ingv.it (INGV)
Bibliographic references for this site
Carapezza, M.L., Barberi, F., Ranaldi, M., Ricci, T., Tarchini, L., Barrancos, J., Fischer, C., Perez, N., Weber, K., Di Piazza, A., Gattuso, A., 2011,Diffuse CO2 soil degassing and CO2 and H2S concentrations in air and related hazards at Vulcano Island (Aeolian arc, Italy), Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, vol.207, pp. 130-144, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2011.06.010
